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  • Orange Power Wellies convert all that dancin’ to juice for your mobile

    Orange Power Wellies convert all that dancin’ to juice for your mobile

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    We're coming upon festival season again, and you know what that means -- Orange is dragging their solar energy tent to Glastonbury. This year, prepare to charge your mobile phone while checking out the acts at the John Peel Stage, courtesy of your new Power Wellies. Developed in partnership with GotWind, the soles of the boots collect heat all day and, using something called the Seebeck effect, this heat is converted into electricity -- electricity that can be used to recharge your phone later that night. As if you needed an excuse to dance in the first place! PR after the break.

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    Orange Power Wellies convert all that dancin' to juice for your mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide coming June 2 for $180

    T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide coming June 2 for $180

    Posted on May 20, 2010 | No Comments
    So T-Mobile's myTouch 3G Slide -- the QWERTY-enabled version of the venerable myTouch 3G -- has been priced and dated, and we're happy to see that "expected to be available in June" has turned out to mean the very beginning of the month; June 2, to be exact, in your choice of red, white, or black. What makes us less happy, though, is the notion of paying $179.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate for an Android device that now has the unenviable job of lying in the massive shadow created by the brilliant EVO 4G. Granted, the two phones are for very different carriers, but that doesn't really excuse T-Mobile from offering up a phone with a lower-class processor, 40 percent of the screen resolution, and three megapixels lopped off the camera for just $30 less upfront, does it? Time for some serious price correction across the smartphone landscape, wethinks.

    T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide coming June 2 for $180 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 11:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Video unboxing of the Nintendo DSi XL

    Video unboxing of the Nintendo DSi XL

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Excuse our enthusiasm, but here’s the DSi XL unboxed for all and sundry. Enjoy!

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  • An interview with Joel Johnson on why he’s funny

    An interview with Joel Johnson on why he’s funny

    Posted on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Joel and I were so angry at each other in this picture that Cat Schwartz literally had to keep us apart. I don’t usually want to bring people’s personal lives into focus here on CG. After all, we’re dedicated to, as Joel himself always pointed out, self-deprecation and dick jokes. However, since Joel is my mentor [...]

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  • AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon break down ETFs for the FCC

    AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon break down ETFs for the FCC

    Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Early termination fees. No one likes them but they can sometimes be a necessary evil. If you become unhappy with your service provider or you are overwhelmed with lust for a new gadget on a different carrier, you pay the price. Carriers say that these termination fees, or ETFs, allow them to subsidize handsets and recover those costs over the course of a contract. Should a contract be broken, a carrier recovers those subsidies with an ETF. The FCC recently decided something was amiss with ETFs and probed carriers into explaining the rhyme and reason behind the fees. The carriers have finally spoken, albeit a little unconvincingly. Most of you are already familiar with why ETFs exist, but it is interesting to see the canned and obvious responses from the carriers.

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  • Philips rolls into China with WinMo 6.5 via D908 slate

    Philips rolls into China with WinMo 6.5 via D908 slate

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Philips has imbued its power-sipping Xenium line with some reasonably attractive industrial design in the past, so we're not too sure what they're thinking with this latest D908 here; granted, it's apparently got WinMo 6.5 on board, but that's no excuse -- goodness knows there are plenty of beautiful devices on the market these days with Microsoft guts. The upshot, though, is that this has EV-DO with an eye on a Chinese launch, a surefire sign that it'll be coming to China Telecom. Other features include a WVGA display, 5 megapixel cam, 2GB of onboard storage with microSD expansion up to 32GB, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, and an integrated FM radio. Just figure out how to slip this into a case 3 or 4mm thinner than the D908's beefy 14.5mm, Philips, and you've got a winner on your hands.

    Philips rolls into China with WinMo 6.5 via D908 slate originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • RIM blames massive service outage on newer Messenger versions

    RIM blames massive service outage on newer Messenger versions

    Posted on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Diehard BlackBerry users often compare BlackBerry Messenger to a potent drug. And just like a drug, coming down from a BBM high can be rough -- so rough, in fact, that RIM's claiming that a couple recent releases are responsible for "an unanticipated database issue" that stone-cold knocked out data service for many of the world's subscribers yesterday. Folks using versions 5.0.0.55 and .56 are being strongly advised to upgrade to 5.0.0.57 immediately, but in the meantime, Waterloo says its systems are back to normal while apologizing "for any inconvenience to customers." With three major outages now under BlackBerry's belt in the past month, faith in the rock-solid stability of its infrastructure is fading rapidly -- but then again, it gives you a great excuse to be off IM for a few hours and talk to live humans, doesn't it?

    RIM blames massive service outage on newer Messenger versions originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • So You Cheated. Now What?

    So You Cheated. Now What?

    Posted on December 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Technology has made it easier than ever to get caught cheating. Tiger Woods may have been the latest to get caught with his text message and voicemail pants down but many celebs and non-celebs have gotten caught just by sending texts or posting messages on the wrong Facebook wall. All it takes is one [...]

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  • Sony Ericsson confirms WinMo 6.5 isn’t coming to the X1

    Sony Ericsson confirms WinMo 6.5 isn’t coming to the X1

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    We can understand not investing in a deprecated product, we really can -- but when you consider the fact that Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 is still sold around the world, the fact that its hardware is still thoroughly modern, and the fact that Windows Mobile 6.5 is a trivial boost over 6.1, there's really no excuse for this. Sony Ericsson has gone ahead and made it official that it won't be providing an official 6.5 upgrade for its uber-pricey fallen smartphone that never quite achieved its seemingly stratospheric potential -- and its 6.5-based replacement isn't looking much more promising -- so we imagine this is going to spark a voracious run on hackery to get picture-perfect 6.5 builds working on units in the field. Oh, wait, that already happened! No worries, Sony Ericsson -- looks like we've got this one covered then.

    Sony Ericsson confirms WinMo 6.5 isn't coming to the X1 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • T-Mobile cautiously resumes Sidekick sales at lower prices

    T-Mobile cautiously resumes Sidekick sales at lower prices

    Posted on November 17, 2009 | No Comments

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    After a protracted "let's be absolutely certain we're in the clear" period, T-Mobile has gone ahead and lifted its self-imposed moratorium on Sidekick sales following that little meltdown you may have heard about. Oh, and there's a bonus, too: they're a little cheaper this time around. The Sidekick 2008 has dropped to $49.99 on contract while the top-of-the-line LX 2009 has shed $25 down to $149.99 on contract, so if you were looking for an excuse to live dangerously with your precious address book, this might be as good of a reason as any. Then again, what are the odds of lightning striking twice?

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    T-Mobile cautiously resumes Sidekick sales at lower prices originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Review: Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS

    Review: Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS

    Posted on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
    With the terabyte to dollar ratio decreasing every day, there's no excuse for not having adequate digital storage space. The new Iomega ix2-200 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) unit makes adding storage to your home or business network about as easy as it can get. Its a very powerful, versatile unit that is quite nearly plug-and-play. Let's take a closer look shall we?

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  • Honoring fallen comrades. GeoCities goes down.

    Honoring fallen comrades. GeoCities goes down.

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Today marks the death of an internet giant. One of the first, one of the best. Oh GeoCities. What would we have done without you? Where would we have put our brightly colored, constantly flashing backgrounds? Who else had rotating .gifs for links and neon green page hit counters? There is no substitute for your plethora of font colors and sizes, for your broken HTML codes and page badges, for your MIDI synth-horns. We will sorely miss your animated "Under Construction" signs we came to know and love.

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  • Motorola Droid already getting accessorized

    Motorola Droid already getting accessorized

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments

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    If there's one thing that's sure to break a new Droid owner's heart, it's scratching the hell out of it -- or worse yet, dropping it to its untimely death. Wouldn't that be a tragedy? Of course, one quick and dirty way to avoid a lot of that heartache is to equip your phone with a beefy protective case, and from what we're seeing here, it looks like there won't be any problem whatsoever finding such cases on day one of the Droid's availability (whenever that happens to be). What we've got here is a third-party case (excuse us -- "carrying solution") that's popped up over at Best Buy Mobile, though interestingly, the Droid's model number of A855 is being featured far more prominently than the catchy name itself. Given the look of this thing, we think you'll need to have an extreme dedication to preserving your phone's rugged handsomeness to actually equip it, but hey, more power to you -- meanwhile, we'll carry on with letting our phones rustle around with coins, keys, pens, and switchblades in our pockets.

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    Motorola Droid already getting accessorized originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • T-Mobile 3G goes live in Columbia, South Carolina

    T-Mobile 3G goes live in Columbia, South Carolina

    Posted on September 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Congrats, Columbia, South Carolina! Your town city is the proud new recipient of T-Mobile’s (slowly) expanding national 3G mobile service! Now your citizens have no excuse not to stream your own favorite son’s show, The Colbert Report, to their mobile devices. Or, you know, porn. Crunch Network: TechCrunch obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products [...]

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  • What, if anything, is stopping you from leaving your iPod for the Zune?

    What, if anything, is stopping you from leaving your iPod for the Zune?

    Posted on September 15, 2009 | No Comments
    A comment from earlier in the day sparked a bit of a conversation in the official CrunchGear chat room: what's to stop someone from ditching the iTunes-iPod “universe” and switching to the Zune HD? (We're all pretty keen on the Zune HD for whatever reason.) Those of you with iPhones are pretty much stuck using iTunes, but what's to stop someone from saying, “You know, I've used an iPod in one form or another for the past five years, so I think I'm gonna try something new for a change.”? Let's see what's up.

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